BIO FACTS - Robert Frost was born in 1874 and died in 1963 - Father died when he was eleven years old - Isabelle Moody, Frost’s mother, wasn’t a very good teacher; she often couldn’t control her class - Frost dropped out of school three times when he was young before he was home-schooled - Published his first poem (‘La Noche Triste’) when he was in high school; it appeared on the school bulletin board - Tried to commit suicide in the Dismal Swamp after Elinor White had said that she wouldn’t marry him - Married Elinor White, who used to go to school with him, and had six children - Had a strong build and his blue eyes were color blind - Frost’s first child Elliot died of cholera infantum in 1900 - His son, Carol, committed suicide and two of his daughters suffered from mental breakdowns - Read two of his poems at President John Kennedy’s inauguration - Had a daughter named Elinor Bettina but she died shortly after she is born in 1907 - Frost was a good father, he never whipped his children if they were bad - Frost suffered from depression after his wife died in 1938, but carried on with his poetry - Fell in love with Kathleen Morrison after his wife died. She refused to marry him but agreed to work for him as a paid secretary - Has written 105 poems total - The poet was voted most popular poet of his time - Robert won five poetry awards
PICTURES
Statue found at Dartmouth
Frost in his earlier years
Robert Frost's grave
Frost in his later years
POEMS A Dream Pang
I had withdrawn in forest, and my song
Was swallowed up in leaves that blew alway;
And to the forest edge you came one day
(This was my dream) and looked and pondered long,
But did not enter, though the wish was strong:
you shook your pensive head as who should say,
'I dare not--to far in his footsteps stray-
He must seek me would he undo the wrong.'
Not far, but near, I stood and saw it all
behind low boughs the trees let down outside;
And the sweet pang it cost me not to call
And tell you that I saw does still abide.
But 'tis not true that thus I dwelt aloof,
For the wood wakes, and you are here for proof.
The Road Not Taken**
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Names: Avie, Joni and KyleBIO FACTS
- Robert Frost was born in 1874 and died in 1963
- Father died when he was eleven years old
- Isabelle Moody, Frost’s mother, wasn’t a very good teacher; she often couldn’t control her class
- Frost dropped out of school three times when he was young before he was home-schooled
- Published his first poem (‘La Noche Triste’) when he was in high school; it appeared on the school bulletin board
- Tried to commit suicide in the Dismal Swamp after Elinor White had said that she wouldn’t marry him
- Married Elinor White, who used to go to school with him, and had six children
- Had a strong build and his blue eyes were color blind
- Frost’s first child Elliot died of cholera infantum in 1900
- His son, Carol, committed suicide and two of his daughters suffered from mental breakdowns
- Read two of his poems at President John Kennedy’s inauguration
- Had a daughter named Elinor Bettina but she died shortly after she is born in 1907
- Frost was a good father, he never whipped his children if they were bad
- Frost suffered from depression after his wife died in 1938, but carried on with his poetry
- Fell in love with Kathleen Morrison after his wife died. She refused to marry him but agreed to work for him as a paid secretary
- Has written 105 poems total
- The poet was voted most popular poet of his time
- Robert won five poetry awards
PICTURES
POEMS
A Dream Pang
I had withdrawn in forest, and my song
Was swallowed up in leaves that blew alway;
And to the forest edge you came one day
(This was my dream) and looked and pondered long,
But did not enter, though the wish was strong:
you shook your pensive head as who should say,
'I dare not--to far in his footsteps stray-
He must seek me would he undo the wrong.'
Not far, but near, I stood and saw it all
behind low boughs the trees let down outside;
And the sweet pang it cost me not to call
And tell you that I saw does still abide.
But 'tis not true that thus I dwelt aloof,
For the wood wakes, and you are here for proof.
The Road Not Taken**
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
PHOTOSTORY
PhotoStory for "The Road Not Taken"
Video for "The Road Not Taken"
Citations:
Academy of American Poets. "Robert Frost." Poets.org. 2011. Web. 19 Jan 2011. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/192>.
Art, Henreys. "Frost, Robert." Inspiration for the Spirit. 18 Oct. 2002. Web. 21 Jan. 2011.
- - - - <http://www.inspirationforthespirit.com/poetry/classic-love-poems/robert-frost/>.
Frost, Robert. "Robert Frost...not Just the Guy Who Wrote the Poem at the Beginning of Eclipse(Fire and Ice)."
- - - - Dead Poets and Dark Caves. 21 Sept. 2002. Web. 21 Jan. 2011.
- - - - <http://deadpoetsandcaves.blogspot.com/2009/05/robert-frostnot-just-guywho-wrote-poem.html>.
Frost, Robert L. "A Dream Pang." About.com Quotations. Web. 31 Jan. 2011.
- - - - <http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/A_Dream_Pang.htm>.
Liukkonen, Petri. "Robert Frost." Kirjasto.sci.fi. 2008. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rfrost.htm>.
McGill, Bryant. "Poems by Robert Frost." Bryant McGill's Simple Remiders. 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2011.
- - - - <http://www.bryantmcgill.com/World_Poetry/~R/Robert_Frost/>.
"Robert Frost Biographical Information." Ketzle.com. 19 Jan 2011. <http://www.ketzle.com/frost/frostbio.htm>.
"Robert Frost Biography." Famous Poets and Poems.com. 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2011.
- - - - <http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography>.
Pictures -
Pictures 1-3 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jb_modern_frost_2_e.jpg
Picture 4 from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Frost_Grave_Bennington_2006.jpg
Picture 5 from: http://calverleyparkside.pbworks.com/w/page/13178303/ROBERT-FROST